Anyone interested in France's motives in opposing the US action in Iraq should read this EU news site daily.
A few highlights from today's main news page:
• UK doing well outside Eurozone, Brown will say:
The war in Iraq and the sluggish Eurozone economy are set to be used to strengthen arguments against the UK adopting the single European currency.
• EU tax fiercely resisted in Convention
How is the EU going to fund itself in the future -by direct income tax? The Convention was on Friday the scene to some fierce resistance to the idea of a European Tax. The idea is now being kicked around in a separate working group on the matter which is discussing just how the Union is expected to finance itself in the coming years.
• Dehaene admits distrust between big and small states
JEAN-LUC DEHAENE - the Convention vice-president said the current splits big/small state splits is something he has never seen before Vice-president of the Convention, Jean-Luc Dehaene, has admitted that there is "distrust" between the large and small states of the European Union. His comments come after the publication of a paper on equality in the Union which has been supported by 21 countries
• Prodi against EU council president
Commission president Romano Prodi speaks out against the idea of an EU council president. His comments go against the wishes of large member states such as the UK, Spain and France.
Posted by feste at April 7, 2003 10:44 AM